The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
12:05 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.59° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.13° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.